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How war began / Keith F. Otterbein.

By:

Otterbein, Keith F [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 10.Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2004Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1585443298
9781585443291
1585443301
9781585443307

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.66 22

LOC classification:

GN497 .O78 2004

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Perspectives on how war originated -- 3. Early humans -- 4. Hunters and gatherers -- 5. Early agriculturalists -- 6. Four pristine states and their warfare -- 7. Early states -- 8. Tribes.

Review: "In How War Began, author Keith F. Otterbein draws on primate behavior research, archaeological research, data gathered from the Human Relations area files, and a career spent in research and reflection on war to argue for two separate origins. He identifies two types of military organization: one that developed two million years ago at the dawn of humankind, wherever groups of hunters met, and a second that developed some five thousand years ago, in four identifiable regions, when the first states arose and proceeded to embark upon military conquests." "A definitive resource for anthropologists, social scientists, and historians, How War began is written for all who are interested in warfare, whether they be military buffs or those seeking to understand the past and the present of humankind."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.

"In How War Began, author Keith F. Otterbein draws on primate behavior research, archaeological research, data gathered from the Human Relations area files, and a career spent in research and reflection on war to argue for two separate origins. He identifies two types of military organization: one that developed two million years ago at the dawn of humankind, wherever groups of hunters met, and a second that developed some five thousand years ago, in four identifiable regions, when the first states arose and proceeded to embark upon military conquests." "A definitive resource for anthropologists, social scientists, and historians, How War began is written for all who are interested in warfare, whether they be military buffs or those seeking to understand the past and the present of humankind."--BOOK JACKET.

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